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Alex Cuthbert took up rugby at Hartpury College at the age of 16 after previously spending his time playing football and show jumping.

He was first spotted by Wales playing for a Marauders Sevens team in the Middlesex Sevens and would go on to play for Wales on the World Rugby Sevens circuit.

Cuthbert has become a key figure for Cardiff Blues since his try-scoring debut against Benetton Treviso in 2011. A matter of months after his regional debut, the wing would make his bow on the international scene, as a replacement against Australia.

Cuthbert was named Cardiff Blues' Player of the Season in 2013.

A prolific try scorer, Cuthbert scored the Six Nations clinching tries in Wales' 2012 and 2013 campaigns, and was awarded with a place in the British and Irish Lions squad for the 2013 tour of Australia, where he would score a try in the first try.

Cuthbert is edging closer to his 50th try for Cardiff Blues, having passed his 100-appearances mark when he faced Stade Francais in Paris in the Champions Cup play-off at the end of the 2016/17 season.